FRATCH, frach, _n._ (_prov._) a quarrel or brawl.--_adjs._ FRATCH'ETY,
FRATCH'Y; FRATCH'ING. [Imit.]
FRATER, fr[=a]'ter, _n._ the refectory of a monastery. [O. Fr. _fraitur_
for _refreitor_.--Low L. _refect[=o]rium_.]
FRATERNAL, fra-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ belonging to a brother or brethren:
becoming brothers.--_ns._ FRATE (frä'te), a friar:--_pl._ FRÄ'TI;
FR[=A]'TER, a friar: comrade; FRATER'CULA, a genus of marine diving-birds,
the puffins or masked auks.--_adv._ FRATER'NALLY.--_n._ FRATERNIS[=A]'TION,
the associating as brethren.--_v.i._ FRAT'ERNISE, to associate as brothers:
to seek brotherly fellowship.--_ns._ FRAT'ERNISER; FRATER'NITY, the state
of being brethren: a society formed on a principle of brotherhood; FRAT'RY,
the common-room of a monastic establishment, the chapter-house--also
FRAT'ERY: a fraternity: a convent of friars. [Fr.,--Low L.
_fraternalis_--_frater_, a brother, Eng. _brother_, Gr. _phrat[=e]r_, a
clansman, Sans. _bhr[=a]ta_.]
FRATRICIDE, frat'ri-s[=i]d, _n._ one who kills his brother: the murder of a
brother.--_adj._ FRAT'RICIDAL. [Fr.,--L. _frater_, _fratris_, _cæd[)e]re_,
to kill.]
FRAU, frow, _n._ a married woman, a wife.--_n._ FRÄU'LEIN, a young lady,
miss--often in England for a German governess. [Ger.]
FRAUD, frawd, _n._ deceit: imposture: (_Milt._) a snare: a deceptive trick:
(_coll._) a cheat: a fraudulent production.--_adj._ FRAUD'FUL,
deceptive.--_adv._ FRAUD'FULLY.--_ns._ FRAUD'ULENCE, FRAUD'ULENCY.--_adj._
FRAUD'ULENT, using fraud: dishonest.--_adv._ FRAUD'ULENTLY.--FRAUDULENT
BANKRUPTCY, a bankruptcy in which the insolvent is accessory, by
concealment or otherwise, to the diminution of the funds divisible among
his creditors.--PIOUS FRAUD, a deception practised with a good end in view:
(_coll._) a religious humbug. [O. Fr.,--L. _fraus_, _fraudis_, fraud.]
FRAUGHT, frawt, _n._ a load, cargo: the freight of a ship.--_v.t._ to fill,
store.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to form the freight of a vessel.--_p.adj._
freighted, laden: filled.--_n._ FRAUGHT'AGE (_Shak._), loading, cargo.
[Prob. Old Dut. _vracht_. Cf. FREIGHT.]
FRAXINELLA, frak-si-nel'a, _n._ a common name for cultivated species of
dittany.--_n._ FRAX'INUS, the genus of _Oleaceæ_ containing the common ash.
FRAY, fr[=a], _n._ an affray, a brawl.--_v.t._ (_B._) to frighten. [Abbrev.
of _affray_.]
FRAY, fr[=a], _v.t._ to wear off by rubbing: to ravel out the edge of a
stuff.--_v.i._ to become frayed.--_n._ FRAY'ING, the action of the verb
fray: ravellings. [Fr. _frayer_--L. _fric[=a]re_, to rub.]
FRAZIL, fräz'il, _n._ anchor-ice. [Canadian Fr.; prob. Fr. _fraisil_,
cinders.]
FRAZZLE, fraz'l, _v.t._ (_U.S._) to fray, wear out.--_n._ state of being
worn out.
FREAK, fr[=e]k, _n._ a sudden caprice or fancy: sport: an abnormal
production of nature, a monstrosity.--_ns._ FREAK'INESS,
FREAK'ISHNESS.--_adjs._ FREAK'ISH, FREAK'FUL, apt to change the mind
suddenly: capricious.--_adv._ FREAK'ISHLY. [A late word; cf. A.S.
_frícian_, to dance.]
FREAK, fr[=e]k, _v.t._ to spot or streak: to variegate.--_n._ a streak of
colour.
FRECK, frek, _adj._ (_Scot._) prompt, eager.--Also FRACK.
FRECKLE, frek'l, _v.t._ to spot: to colour with spots.--_n._ a yellowish or
brownish-yellow spot on the skin, esp. of fair-haired persons: any small
spot.--_n._ FRECK'LING, a little spot.--_adjs._ FRECK'LY, FRECK'LED, full
of freckles. [Ice. _freknur_ (pl.), Dan. _fregne_.]
FREE, fr[=e], _adj._ not bound: at liberty: not under arbitrary government:
unimpeded: set at liberty: guiltless: frank: lavish: not attached: exempt
(with _from_): having a franchise (with _of_): gratuitous: bold, indecent:
idiomatic, as a translation.--_v.t._ to set at liberty: to deliver from
what confines: to rid (with _from_, of):--_pr.p._ free'ing; _pa.p._
freed.--_ns._ FREE'-AG'ENCY, state or power of acting freely, or without
necessity or constraint upon the will; FREE'-AG'ENT; FREE'-AND-EAS'Y, a
kind of public-house club where good fellows gather to smoke and sing;
FREE'-BENCH, a widow's right to dower out of her husband's lands, so long
as unmarried and chaste; FREE'-BOARD, the space between a vessel's line of
flotation and the upper side of the deck; FREE'BOOTER (Dut. _vrijbuiter_),
one who roves about freely in search of booty: a plunderer;
FREE'BOOTERY.--_adj._ FREE'BOOTING, acting the part of a freebooter:
robbing.--_n._ the practice of a freebooter: robbery, pillage.--_n._
FREE'BOOTY.--_adj._ FREE'BORN, born of free parents.--_ns._ FREE'-CIT'Y, a
city having independent government; FREE'-COST, freedom from charges;
FREED'MAN, a man who has been a slave, and has been freed or set free;
FREE'DOM, liberty: frankness: separation: privileges connected with a city:
improper familiarity: license; FREE'-FISH'ER, one who has a right to take
fish in certain waters.--_adjs._ FREE-FOOT'ED (_Shak._) not restrained in
movement; FREE'-HAND, applied to drawing by the unguided hand;
FREE'-HAND'ED, open-handed: liberal; FREE'-HEART'ED, open-hearted:
liberal.--_ns._ FREE'-HEART'EDNESS, liberality: frankness; FREE'HOLD, a
property held free of duty except to the king; FREE'HOLDER, one who
possesses a freehold; FREE'-L[=A]'BOUR, voluntary, not slave, labour;
FREE'-LANCE, one of certain roving companies of knights and men-at-arms,
who after the Crusades wandered about Europe, selling their services to any
one; FREE'-LIV'ER, one who freely indulges his appetite for eating and
drinking: a glutton; FREE'-LOVE, the claim to freedom in sexual relations,
unshackled by marriage or obligation to aliment.--_adv._ FREE'LY.--_ns._
FREE'MAN, a man who is free or enjoys liberty: one who holds a particular
franchise or privilege:--_pl._ FREE'MEN; FREE'M[=A]SON, one of a secret
society of so-called speculative masons, united in lodges for social
enjoyment and mutual assistance, and laying dubious claim to a connection
with the medieval organisations of free operative masons.--_adj._
FREEMASON'IC.--_n._ FREEM[=A]'SONRY, the institutions, practices, &c. of
Freemasons.--_adj._ FREE'-MIND'ED, with a mind free or unperplexed: without
a load of care.--_ns._ FREE'NESS; FREE'-PORT, a port where no duties are
levied on articles of commerce; FREE'-SCHOOL, a school where no tuition
fees are exacted; FREE'-SHOT (Ger. _Freischütz_), the name given to a
legendary hunter and marksman who gets a number of bullets (_Freikugeln_)
from the devil, six of which always hit the mark, while the seventh is at
the disposal of the devil himself.--_adjs._ FREE'-SOIL, in favour of free
territory, opposed to slavery; FREE'-SP[=O]K'EN, accustomed to speak
without reserve.--_ns._ FREE'-SP[=O]K'ENNESS; FREE'STONE, an easily
quarried stone composed of sand or grit.--_adj._ having a stone from which
the pulp easily separates, as a peach--opp. to _Clingstone_.--_adj._
FREE'-SWIM'MING, swimming freely, as an aquatic animal.--_ns._
FREE'THINKER, one who professes to be free from conventional authority in
religion: a rationalist; FREE'THINKING, FREE'-THOUGHT, the habit of mind of
a freethinker.--_adj._ FREE'-TONGUED, free-spoken.--_ns._ FREE'-TRADE, free
or unrestricted trade: free interchange of commodities without protective
duties; FREE'-TRAD'ER, one who practises or advocates this; FREE'-WILL,
freedom of the will from restraint: liberty of choice: power of
self-determination.--_adj._ spontaneous.--FREE-CELL FORMATION, the
formation of several cells from and in the protoplasm of the mother-cell;
FREE CHURCH, that branch of the Presbyterians in Scotland which left the
Established Church in the Disruption of 1843, finding spiritual
independence impossible within it: a church whose sittings are open to all:
(_pl._) a term often applied to the Nonconformist churches generally; FREE
LIST, the list of persons admitted without payment to a theatre, &c., or of
those to whom a book, &c., is sent; FREE ON BOARD (F.O.B.), a phrase
meaning that goods are to be delivered on the vessel or other conveyance
without charge.--FREE STATES, in America, before the Civil War of 1861-65,
those of the United States in which slavery did not exist, as opposed to
_Slave States_.--MAKE FREE WITH, to take undue liberties with. [A.S.
_freo_; Ger. _frei_, Ice. _frí_.]
FREEMARTIN, fr[=e]'mar-tin, _n._ a cow-calf born as a twin with a
bull-calf, usually barren.
FREEZE, fr[=e]z, _v.i._ to become ice or like a solid body.--_v.t._ to
harden into ice: to cause to shiver, as with terror:--_pr.p._ freez'ing;
_pa.t._ fr[=o]ze; _pa.p._ froz'en.--_adj._ FREEZ'ABLE.--_ns._
FREEZ'ING-MIX'TURE, a mixture, as of pounded ice and salt, producing cold
sufficient to freeze a liquid by the rapid absorption of heat;
FREEZ'ING-POINT, the temperature at which water freezes, marked 32° on the
Fahrenheit thermometer, and 0° on the centigrade. [A.S. _fréosan_, pa.p.
_froren_; Dut. _vreizen_, Ger. _frieren_, to freeze.]
FREIGHT, fr[=a]t, _n._ the lading or cargo, esp. of a ship; the charge for
transporting goods by water.--_v.t._ to load a ship.--_ns._ FREIGHT'AGE,
money paid for freight; FREIGHT'ER, one who freights a vessel. [Prob. Old
Dut. _vrecht_, a form of _vracht_.]
FREISCHÜTZ. See FREE-SHOT.
FREIT, fr[=e]t, _n._ (_Scot._) any superstitious belief in things as good
or bad omens--also FREET.--_adj._ FREIT'Y, FREET'Y, superstitious. [Scand.;
Ice. _frétt_, news.]
FREMD, fremd, _adj._ and _n._ (_Scot._) strange, a stranger--Spenser has
FRENNE, a stranger.--THE FREMD, the world of strangers. [M. E. _fremd_,
_fremed_--A.S. _fremde_; cf. Dut. _vreemd_, Ger. _fremd_.]
FREMESCENT, frem-es'ent, _adj._ raging, riotous.--_n._ FREMES'CENCE. [L.
_frem[)e]re_, to roar.]
FREMITUS, frem'i-tus, _n._ a palpable vibration, as of the walls of the
chest. [L.]
FRENCH, frensh, _adj._ belonging to _France_ or its people.--_n._ the
people or language of France.--_ns._ FRENCH'-BEAN, the common kidney bean,
eaten, pods and all, as a table vegetable; FRENCH'-BERR'Y, a small berry,
the fruit of certain species of buckthorn, used in dyeing yellow;
FRENCH'-CHALK, an indurated clay, extremely dense, and of a smooth glossy
surface and white colour; FRENCH'ERY, French fashions collectively;
FRENCH'-HORN, a musical wind-instrument somewhat resembling a bugle;
FRENCHIFIC[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ FRENCH'IFY, to make French or Frenchlike: to
infect with the manner of the French.--_ns._ FRENCH'INESS; FRENCH'MAN, a
native or naturalised inhabitant of France:--_fem._ FRENCH'WOMAN;
FRENCH'-POL'ISH, a varnish for furniture, consisting chiefly of shellac
dissolved in some spirit; FRENCH'-POL'ISHER; FRENCH'-POL'ISHING, the method
of coating furniture with French-polish.--_adj._ FRENCH'Y, with an
exaggerated French manner.--FRENCH MERINO, a fine twilled cloth of merino
wool; FRENCH POX (_obs._), syphilis; FRENCH ROOF, a modified
mansard-roof--really American; FRENCH WHITE, finely pulverised talc; FRENCH
WINDOW, a long window opening like a folding-door, and serving for exit and
entrance.--TAKE FRENCH LEAVE, to depart without notice or permission, to
disappear suspiciously.
FRENETIC, -AL, fre-net'ik, -al, _adj._ frenzied: mad: distracted.--Also
PHRENET'IC, -AL. [See FRANTIC.]
FRENUM, fr[=e]'num, _n._ a ligament restraining the motion of a part.--Also
FRÆ'NUM. [L., a bridle.]
FRENZY, fren'zi, _n._ a violent excitement: mania.--_v.t._ to render
frenzied.--_adjs._ FREN'ZIED, FREN'ZICAL, partaking of frenzy. [Through O.
Fr. and L.,--from Late Gr. _phren[=e]sis_=Gr. _phrenitis_, inflammation of
the brain--_phr[=e]n_, the mind.]
FREQUENT, fr[=e]'kwent, _adj._ coming or occurring often.--_ns._
FR[=E]'QUENCE (_Milt._), a crowd, an assembly; FR[=E]'QUENCY, repeated
occurrence of anything.--_v.t._ FREQUENT', to visit often.--_ns._
FR[=E]'QUENTAGE, habit of frequenting; FREQUENT[=A]'TION, the act of
visiting often.--_adj._ FREQUENT'ATIVE (_gram._), denoting the frequent
repetition of an action.--_n._ (_gram._) a verb expressing this
repetition.--_n._ FREQUENT'ER.--_adv._ FR[=E]'QUENTLY.--_n._
FR[=E]'QUENTNESS. [L. _frequens_, _frequentis_; cog. with _farc[=i]re_, to
stuff.]